Pie Family Rock Farm, Equestria
Celestial Year 1074
My Dearest Granddaughter Applejack;
Happy Hearth’s Warming Day to the lot of ya. I hope you and yer family are keeping warm during these cold months. We decided to take a trip on over to the Pie family farm again for the holidays. And I gotta say, it’s been downright nice seeing ole Iggy and Big Mama Q again. Think they’ve taken quite nice to having us up each year. The eatin was about the usual, though I think the rock soup might be growin on me. Well, only a tiny bit. Still quite the pain to chew.
That new shared tradition though of pushing Holder’s Boulder up from the quarry gave my bones quite the rattle. I thank you again for startin that brilliant little tradition. Don’t think we ever would’ve gotten it back up if Big Mac hadn’t brought his kin and wife. He got two foals of his own! At least the Pies have warmed up to just giving the presents instead o’ hiding them. And Pinkie Pie kept talking bout how she misses you. Thought I’d go and warn ya that she might be stopping by for a visit. Wouldn’t right let go of me till she got your address. I just know ya’ll have fun together.
Applejack, I wish I could tell ya we were only at the Pie farm on vacation, but there’s another reason. Wanted to get away from the farm for a spell cause well, we’ve gone and sold it off. We couldn’t keep the bills under our belts any longer. Now I ain’t a pony to ever call it quits on something, especially not our home, but when I saw how it dragged your brother and sister down, and all the money you’ve been sending to help, I couldn’t put ya’ll through this any longer. Farm was going under, little to no apples, and the collectors were at our hooves every week. The whole thing has hung over us like a storm cloud and Hearth’s Warming was a chance to run away from it, if just for a bit. Come next week, we’ll be a scavenging for a new home for me and Apple Bloom. Don’t want to intrude on Big Mac and his family if we can help it. Once we settle ourselves down, I’ll send ya my new address.
Had to sell the animals too. Fluttershy is a holding on to some, but had to sell the rest. Just didn’t have a place for them to go. Don’t you fret though, we still got Winona. I knew how much you like that dog.
Hope you and yer family there enjoy a hearty Hearth’s Warming. I included our signature apple pie. Tis the last one I could make. Share it with the kin and you’ll have a few good stories to reminisce them with about the farm. I also included a picture of the whole get-together with the Pies. Hope ya’ll stay warm over there and take care. We miss you all here, and hope ta see you soon.
Your grandma,
Granny Smith